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Hi. I was streaming a video file, and near the end I decided I wanted to keep the video. Where does VLC store its temp cache files while streaming? I figured I could just grab the cache, move it and rename it, but I can't find it.

And will that work? It used to work with DiVX but I don't know if VLC works the same way.

Hi,
1 .-today’s streaming systems don´t use a cache for all the emission
2.- In preferences select a directory to save the program.
3.- Use record to maintain it, you can stop when you decide, or delete/maintain the file at end.
This is more simple and efficient than look for caches ... the space used will be the the same, but under your control.

Regards

Indeed, VLC just caches 300 to 1000 ms in RAM for playback or transcoding. The device's local storage is never touched, since this would be way too slow.

Thanks for the clarification, I hope I have aa confused anyone! fast and my English writing is a bit .... improved .... lol;-)
In any case, apologies for giving a completely wrong explanation on what is important in such high-level forum!! Well think that convey!! A sincere hug! ...

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So just to clarify, there's no way to grab the video after I've watched most of it?

I have to change my settings and watch the video again with recording turned on?

This raises a different question, then. It looks like when I set my preferences I have to transcode on the fly. Is there any way just to capture the stream directly without transcoding it? I don't always know what format the original is in and it seems like I would lose quality if I'm transcoding from e.g. .avi to .mp4?

Thanks.

VLC Stream stores converted files for streaming on other devices here: C:/Users/[username]/AppData/Roaming/Hobbyist Software/VLC Streamer/Root

Not sure if that is what you're referring to, but I needed to find this as it was taking up space on my disc.